A Mini Excursion

We've heard a lot about some of the cities that just lay south of where we are at. We decided to explore as it is our last week here. Last night, we made our way down to Puerto Nuevo, about 15 minutes south. People rave about the seafood, especially the lobster.

As we got on the highway, we were forced onto a toll road. These are nicer than the regular ones, and were charged $2.05 dollars to make our way to Puerto Nuevo.

We made our way into this city onto Main street, which is just a loop. The streets were covered in seafood restaurants, and tourist shops. Outside of the seafood restaurants were employees, just standing there, waiting to usher people in. As we drove down the street, we were just bombarded. Everyone came up to our windows telling us to eat at their restaurants. It was just crazy! We did not want to stay. We would've parked, picked a restaurant, and would've continued to experience this constant bombardment. We did not want to experience an evening like this.

So, we decided to make our way down Ensenada, another city which we've heard a lot about. As we got back on the highway, we were not able to get back onto the toll road, but were directed to a road that took us through the countryside.

It was beautiful! It was really nice to get out of the city and see the countryside of Mexico. Things just feel so much simpler in settings like this. However, our enjoyment did not last; it soon turned to a building stress. The gas gauge dropped closer and closer to the looming "E." As we passed through small towns, we hoped that we would see a gas station, which did not happen. Then the worst happened. That darn gas light turned on! Any stress relief the country had brought us was completely gone.

We continued on our way, trying to make our destination before the truck ran out of gas. I was praying like crazy. We finally get to a larger town. We see a gas station! Yay! Except the gas station is on the other side of the road, and there is a median in the middle, so we cannot cross over. We continue. Finally we see one and we are able to pull into it and fill her up! PHEW. We were so grateful. I don't know what we would've done if we had run out of gas in the Mexican countryside. I'm grateful for the power of prayer.

We arrived in Ensenada. There was a Carnival Cruise ship docked in the bay. We continued to make our way along the coast line. The three lanes on the highway turned into two, as people used the right lane to park their cars to go down to the beach. We couldn't find a parking spot, so we continued on.

We drove around the city and got some tacos. There wasn't much else to do, so we decided to head back. As we made our way back up north, we made our way back to the toll road. Again, we paid $2.05 dollars. This road took us along the coast line. It actually took about 20 minutes off of our drive. If we would've been able to take the toll road down, we wouldn't of had the gas issue!

We saw a less occupied beach along the way, and decided to stop. We walked along the bridge over the highway, to the beach.

Very few people occupied this beach, but the beach left us clues that many people had visited it before us.

We just spent some time, enjoying the sunset, the sound of the waves, and being together.

This is my favorite photo of the evening.

We continued on the toll road to Rosarito. We passed the statue of Christ, that watches out over the ocean.

As we approached Rosarito, we hit yet another toll booth. Again, we paid our fee and got off at the next exit. We assume they put the toll both there on purpose, because many people get off the exit to go to Rosarito. 

It was a fun evening, despite our moment of peaked stress due to almost running out of gas. We are trying to make the most of our last few days here. Its gone by so fast!